Readability based Reader View

strips away clutter like buttons, background images, and changes the page's text size, contrast and layout for better readability. Note: This extension uses the standalone version of Mozilla's Readability library.

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manifest.json

{
  "manifest_version": 2,
  "name": "Reader View",
  "description": "__MSG_description__",
  "default_locale": "en",
  "version": "0.6.9",
  "permissions": [
    "storage",
    "activeTab",
    "contextMenus",
    "notifications"
  ],
  "optional_permissions": [
    "<all_urls>"
  ],
  "background": {
    "scripts": [
      "/v2/chrome.contextMenus.create.js",
      "/v2/chrome.runtime.js",
      "/v2/chrome.scripting.unregisterContentScripts.js",
      "/v2/chrome.scripting.registerContentScripts.js",
      "/v2/chrome.scripting.js",
      "/v2/chrome.action.js",
      "/v2/chrome.tabs.query.js",
      "defaults.js",
      "menus.js",
      "navigate.js",
      "storage.js",
      "worker.js"
    ]
  },
  "homepage_url": "https://webextension.org/listing/chrome-reader-view.html",
  "icons": {
    "16": "data/icons/16.png",
    "32": "data/icons/32.png",
    "48": "data/icons/48.png",
    "64": "data/icons/64.png",
    "128": "data/icons/128.png",
    "256": "data/icons/256.png",
    "512": "data/icons/512.png"
  },
  "options_ui": {
    "page": "data/options/index.html",
    "open_in_tab": true
  },
  "commands": {
    "toggle-reader-view": {
      "description": "Toggle the Reader View"
    },
    "_execute_browser_action": {}
  },
  "web_accessible_resources": [
    "/data/reader/template.html"
  ],
  "browser_action": {},
  "browser_specific_settings": {
    "gecko": {
      "id": "{2495d258-41e7-4cd5-bc7d-ac15981f064e}"
    }
  }
}